Infrastructure Construction

The National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline identifies investment of over £300bn across 700+ specific projects and programmes between 2016 and 2021. Delivery of this scale of investment is not going to be achieved without fundamental improvements in sector performance and productivity. Help is going to be needed and Bourton Group are well placed to provide this help.

When Network Rail took on the UK infrastructure in 2002 it faced many demands. But there was one big issue at the top of the agenda: train delays, severely affecting customers and costing hundreds of millions of pounds a year in penalties.

Having developed an impressive track record with the Highways Agency, Bourton Group was asked to help Highways England deploy Lean Sigma improvement methodology to bring the project in on time and significantly under budget.

Working together

What we do

Bourton Group has subject matter expertise in the deployment of Lean Construction from the development of Strategies and Programmes and gaining sign-off and commitment at board level through to the facilitation of teams on construction sites using lean tools and techniques to deliver real and sustained bottom line improvements. We are well versed in helping our clients to deliver best practice in Lean Construction using approaches such as Lean Collaborative Planning and Production Control to deliver real improvement in scheme performance.

Experience

We have extensive experience across the complete range of Construction and Infrastructure companies from Client; Major Contractor; Specialist Sub-Contractor; Material and Equipment Provider; Architects; Designers; Engineers and Consultants. We also work across a wide range of sectors including; Highways; Rail; Power Generation and Distribution; Nuclear and other Utilities

Our approach

The Bourton Group philosophy is based around the delivery of sustainable performance improvement. We achieve this by working collaboratively with our clients and partners to embed change and to ensure they retain the necessary skills and competences to carry on their Lean journey after our assignment is complete.